Chapter X.—Beware of Judaizing.

Let us not, therefore, be insensible to
His kindness. For were He to reward us according to our
works, we should cease to be. Therefore, having become His disciples, let
us learn to live according to the principles of Christianity.695695 Literally, “according
to Christianity.” For whosoever is called by any other
name besides this, is not of God. Lay aside, therefore, the evil, the
old, the sour leaven, and be ye changed into the new leaven, which is
Jesus Christ. Be ye salted in Him, lest any one among you should be
corrupted, since by your savour ye shall be convicted. It is absurd to profess696696 Some read, “to
name.” Christ Jesus, and to Judaize. For Christianity
did not embrace697697
Literally, “believe into,” merge into. Judaism,
but Judaism Christianity, that so every tongue which believeth might be
gathered together to God.

Let us not, therefore, be insensible to
His kindness. For were He to reward us according to our
works, we should cease to be. For “if Thou, Lord, shalt mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”698698Ps. cxxx. 3. Let us therefore prove ourselves worthy of that name which we
have received. For whosoever is called by any other name besides this, he
is not of God; for he has not received the prophecy which speaks thus
concerning us: “The people shall be called by a new name, which the
Lord shall name them, and shall be a holy people.”699699Isa. lxii. 2,
12. This was first fulfilled in Syria; for
“the disciples were called Christians at Antioch,”700700Acts xi.
26. when Paul and Peter were laying the
foundations of the Church. Lay
aside, therefore, the evil, the old, the corrupt leaven,7017011 Cor. v. 7. and be ye changed into the new leaven of grace. Abide in Christ,
that the stranger702702 Or,
“enemy.” may not have dominion over you. It is absurd to speak of Jesus
Christ with the tongue, and to cherish in the mind a Judaism which has
now come to an end. For where there is Christianity there cannot be
Judaism. For Christ is one, in whom every nation that believes, and every
tongue that confesses, is gathered unto God. And those that were of a
stony heart have become the children of Abraham, the friend of God;703703Matt. iii.
9; Isa. xli. 8; Jas. ii.
23. Some read, “children of God, friends of
Abraham.” and in his seed all those have been
blessed704704Gen.
xxviii. 14. who were ordained to eternal life705705Acts xiii.
48. in Christ.